Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-01-14
Local News.

Mrs. Dalton, of Chicago, is visiting
in this city, the guest of her sister,
Mrs. Chase.
Read Deller's new advertisement,
which will be found on the second
page Of to-day's Democrat.
f. p. Lenahan, Of Milwaukee, has
been visiting relatives and friends in
this city during the past week.
n. GRADER announces that he will
sell white oak posts very cheap at the
Ansley farm.
Robert James is receiving baled hay
from Iowa, and sells it in quantities to
suit purchasers.
Miss Edith Roberts held ticket num-
Der forty which drew the handsome
cutter at Martin Il Toay.
Adam Dresen, The perfect fitting
tailor" is out in new advertisement
this week. Read it.
A series of protracted meetings are
in progress at the p. NJ. churcn with
good attendance. Some good results
are reported.
Next week The Democrat Will pub
lish the time tables of all lines of rail
road in Southwestern Wisconsin.
Those having buggies which should
be repainted will do well to leave them
with Weidenfeller Il Son during the
sleighing season.
Full proceedings Of the adjourned
session of the County Board of Super
yisors will be found on the second
page of The Democrat.
Sherman Bennison, former typo in
this Office is home from Princeton, H.,
where he has been working at the
printing business for the past year.
John PenhaIlegon, ST., returned last
week from visit to EnglewOod, Ill.
His daughter, Mrs. Annie Jones, will
remain there on an extended visit.
Isaac Suthers and Horatio Wright
received last week a large amount of
baled hay from western Iowa, which
they are selling at from $l1 to $12 per
ton.
j. G.. Knight and Miles Tully have
formed co-partnership for the publ
cation of The Darlington Democrat.
The paper presents an improved APP
peance under the new management.
We are pleased to see VIM. Babcocl1
around again after several weeks of
confinement to his home. His injured
ankle is gradually gaining strength,
and complete recovery is confidently
looked for.
The chief of police gives notice that
any person or persons found coasting
or skating on High and Commerce
streets or on any sidewalk within the
city will be arrested and prosecuted
according to law.
b. Becker has moved his stock of
monuments, headstones, etc, to the
Ross building, next block east or the
City Hall square, where he has opened
up for business and invites all in want
of anything in his line to call and
see him.
John Gorgen has sold half inter
est in his grocery store to John Pitt,
and the business will hereafter be con-
Quoted by Gorgen s Pitt. They will
carry n complete stock of family groc-
cries, crockery, glassware, etc, and
continue their business at VIM. Teas
dales old stand, north side of High
street.
Forty May pigs of which Samuel
Terrill and Charles Harker, of VALID
wick, raised twenty each, were shipped
recently and averaged $50 pounds. 1t
would seem that the growth of these
pigs was not greatly retarded by the
dry season, as they would be conSid-
cred pretty good sized shoats any
where.
All who have received invitations to
to attend the dance to be given by the
Legate Drum Corps at the City Hall
on Wednesday evening next can secure
tick cts at the PoiSt Office Book Store
The members of the corps have hand
somely decorated the hall and made
every other arrangement for pleasant
party.
About six months ago a deranged
man of Westfeld Sank county, was
missed from his home, and not trace
of him until a few days ago. when he
was discovered dwelling in cave.
He was kept warm by building fire
in the quite spacious cavern, and OBJ
tanned his food by going out nights
and stealing from the farmers.
George Chamley has the Jumbo calf.
1t is from John j. RoSs's Cruikshank
bull and COW from Jenkin & Clark's
grade Short Horn herd, is eleven
months old and weighs $40 pounds. If
a bigger calf can be found in South
western Wisconsin, the owner is re-
queSted to send full information to
George Chamley, proprietor of the Wis
consin House, Mineral Point Wis
The following from The Platteville
/ Democrat has general a. well rs a
local application: business men can
do one thing that will help themselves
| and Platteville at the same time. They
can ill their local papers with adver-
tiSementS and thus prevent the publish
ers securing the country for some pat
ent medicine ad. to fill up their paper.
The first thing stranger will do who
thinks of locating in town is to look
over the the local advertisements"
y vast amount of hay has been
shipped from the hay section of north
eastern Iowa into southwestern Wis
consin the present winter A limited
quantity has been received at Mineral
Point. The Rural Eye published al
Arena, says: "Thirty.tw loads of hay
passed through this village on Wednes-
day, bound for the farms adjacent to
and along the Military Ridge. This is
only about repetition of a month of
days in the hay market here"
THAT was quite a Jar" said one
passenger to another as the Chicago
Milwaukee. and St Paul train was
running along near Milton Junction
one night last week. The train hands
also noticed that something was wrong
and went back to investigate. They
found that the rails had been broken
in two pieces by the frost and that on
one side there was gap of about
eighteen inches over which the cal
wheels must have passed. Because OF
that break the section force were called
out of their warm beds at four o'clock
in the morning to make repairs